2. 汉字的故事 (hàn zì de gù shì) Storie of Chinese Characters
林 is made of two 木, two trees become a forest, simple and easy to be understood.
3. 词语卡片（cí yǔ kǎ piàn）Flashcard and Games
4. 语法小结 （yǔ fǎ xiǎo jié）Grammar Notes
5. 文化知识（wén huà zhī shí) Cultural Knowledge
Along the River During the Qingming Festival (simplified Chinese: 清明上河图; traditional Chinese: 清明上河圖; pinyin:Qīngmíng Shànghé Tú) is a panoramic painting by Song Dynasty artist Zhang Zeduan (1085–1145). It captures the daily life of people and the landscape of the capital, Bianjing, today's Kaifeng, from the Song period. The theme celebrates the festive spirit and worldly commotion at the Qingming Festival, rather than the holiday's ceremonial aspects, such as tomb sweeping and prayers. The entire piece was painted in hand scroll format and the content reveals the lifestyle of all levels of the society from rich to poor as well as different economic activities in rural areas and the city. It offers glimpses of period clothing and architecture. As an artistic creation, the piece has been revered and court artists of subsequent dynasties have made several re-interpretive replicas. It is considered to be the most renowned work among all Chinese paintings, and it has been called "China's Mona Lisa." Over the centuries, the Qingming scroll was collected and kept among numerous private owners, before it eventually returned to public ownership. The painting was a particular favorite of emperor Puyi, who took the Song Dynasty original (25.5 by 525 cm) (10 in by 17 ft 3 in) with him to Manchukuo. It was later re-purchased in 1945 and kept at the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City. About 20 to 30 variations on this topic by artists of subsequent dynasties were made. Several Ming and Qing versions can be found in public and private collections around the world.[6] Each version follows the overall composition of the original fairly faithfully, however, the details often vary widely. The Song Dynasty original and the Qing version, in the Beijing and Taipei Palace Museums respectively, are regarded as national treasures and are exhibited only for brief periods every few years. For instance, the wait in Beijing to see the painting was three and a half hours.
(Cited from Wikipedia)
6. 课文（kè wén）Reading Material
III 影像资料 (yǐng xiàng zī liào)Video Resources
For a three-month period in the World Expo 2010 presented at the China Pavilion, the painting was remade into a 3D animated, viewer-interactive digital version, titled River of Wisdom, about 30 times the size of the original scroll. The computer animated mural, with moving characters and objects and portraying the scene in 4-minute day to night cycles, was one of the primary exhibitions in the Chinese Pavilion, drawing queues up to two hours with a reservation. Elaborate computer animation gives life to in the painting.
After the Expo, the digital version was on display at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong from November 9 to 29, 2010, where it was a major commercial success.It was then exhibited at the Macau Dome in Macau from March 25 to April 14.The digital painting also traveled to Taiwan and displayed at the Expo Dome in Taipei from July 1 to September 4, 2011. From December 7, 2011 to February 6, 2012, in an exhibition titled A Moving Masterpiece: The Song Dynasty As Living Art, the digital reproduction was exhibited at the Singapore Expo.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
学习目标(xué xí mù biāo) Learning Objective
I 学习内容（xué xí nèi róng）Content of Study
1. 词汇学习(cí huì xué xí ) Vocabulary Study
第一课词汇
2. 汉字的故事 (hàn zì de gù shì) Storie of Chinese Characters
林 is made of two 木, two trees become a forest, simple and easy to be understood.
3. 词语卡片（cí yǔ kǎ piàn）Flashcard and Games
4. 语法小结 （yǔ fǎ xiǎo jié）Grammar Notes
5. 文化知识（wén huà zhī shí) Cultural Knowledge
Along the River During the Qingming Festival (simplified Chinese: 清明上河图; traditional Chinese: 清明上河圖; pinyin:Qīngmíng Shànghé Tú) is a panoramic painting by Song Dynasty artist Zhang Zeduan (1085–1145). It captures the daily life of people and the landscape of the capital, Bianjing, today's Kaifeng, from the Song period. The theme celebrates the festive spirit and worldly commotion at the Qingming Festival, rather than the holiday's ceremonial aspects, such as tomb sweeping and prayers. The entire piece was painted in hand scroll format and the content reveals the lifestyle of all levels of the society from rich to poor as well as different economic activities in rural areas and the city. It offers glimpses of period clothing and architecture. As an artistic creation, the piece has been revered and court artists of subsequent dynasties have made several re-interpretive replicas. It is considered to be the most renowned work among all Chinese paintings, and it has been called "China's Mona Lisa."Over the centuries, the Qingming scroll was collected and kept among numerous private owners, before it eventually returned to public ownership. The painting was a particular favorite of emperor Puyi, who took the Song Dynasty original (25.5 by 525 cm) (10 in by 17 ft 3 in) with him to Manchukuo. It was later re-purchased in 1945 and kept at the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City.
About 20 to 30 variations on this topic by artists of subsequent dynasties were made. Several Ming and Qing versions can be found in public and private collections around the world.[6] Each version follows the overall composition of the original fairly faithfully, however, the details often vary widely. The Song Dynasty original and the Qing version, in the Beijing and Taipei Palace Museums respectively, are regarded as national treasures and are exhibited only for brief periods every few years. For instance, the wait in Beijing to see the painting was three and a half hours.
(Cited from Wikipedia)
6. 课文（kè wén）Reading Material
III 影像资料 (yǐng xiàng zī liào)Video Resources
For a three-month period in the World Expo 2010 presented at the China Pavilion, the painting was remade into a 3D animated, viewer-interactive digital version, titled River of Wisdom, about 30 times the size of the original scroll. The computer animated mural, with moving characters and objects and portraying the scene in 4-minute day to night cycles, was one of the primary exhibitions in the Chinese Pavilion, drawing queues up to two hours with a reservation. Elaborate computer animation gives life to in the painting.
After the Expo, the digital version was on display at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong from November 9 to 29, 2010, where it was a major commercial success.It was then exhibited at the Macau Dome in Macau from March 25 to April 14.The digital painting also traveled to Taiwan and displayed at the Expo Dome in Taipei from July 1 to September 4, 2011. From December 7, 2011 to February 6, 2012, in an exhibition titled A Moving Masterpiece: The Song Dynasty As Living Art, the digital reproduction was exhibited at the Singapore Expo.
(Cited from Wikipedia)
Digital Painting